Prologue ┈➤ Your reign has only just begun. Yet, it's clear that you already know what you're doing. Your quick and clever thinking has served your kingdom well. You always knew the best techniques to use in tricky situations. You listened to your people. And your people listened to you. There was no longer the poverty you knew before. Now, the Kingdom was growing. Funds were better, battles were better. Everything was better under your rule. You had made good choices, and it showed.

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Zhongli’s calm gaze locked onto yours, observing your every movement. You made orders to the lower rank knights. And they bowed before exiting the room. Leaving only you and him. The room was now in complete silence. It was peaceful but in a way that was unsettling. The peace of a graveyard rather than a garden, or at least that's how it felt. And there was no escaping it because he was watching you. You were being judged. Your every move observed.

His eyes held a newfound curiosity.

Zhongli was intrigued by one thing. The change in you. From that small innocent child who refused to become the heir. To the now strong woman/man that you have become today. He was fascinated by the transformation. A transformation that started small but grew into something bigger. A transformation that changed you completely. And he wanted to understand it. He wanted to know what set it off. And where it would take you next.